Jeremy Herndon Blog

My cousin Ted sent me an email that he is planning to take a vacation holiday to Brittany.  He has a lady friend who is from the Finistere region of Brittany and she has talked him into going with her to meet the family and experience some of the great festivals that they have there.  She told him it is in the northwest corner of France, and has beautiful seashores and picturesque villages.  She says that Finistere Holidays are the most enjoyable when you have a native there to show you around the place, and to get a real feel of the local culture.

He spent some time researching the area on the Internet, and said that it sounds like a great place for a vacation, so they are going to take a couple of weeks and take a holiday villa in Brittany and spend some time with her friends and family, soaking up the sun, and taking in some festivals.  Sounds like a great time!

I find it very amusing that the style for men’s clothing has changed from the baggy-fall-off-your-behind look to the so-tight-you-can’t-breathe look. I understand that now guys are expected to wear pants that are so tight that if you have a pimple on your butt it will show! Come on guys, can’t we have a “happy medium” here? I think this is a ruse by the fashion industry to get us to spend more money on clothes at a time when money is really tight!

I never liked (or wore) the “plumber butt” pants, and I certainly won’t wear the “anorexic look.” I’m not sure which is more absurd! I do find it interesting, however, that when the baggy look was “in” for men, the women were wearing tight fitting clothes, and now that the “skinny” look is “in” the women are wearing looser fitting clothes. It’s as if there is some kind of fashion rule that when a guy and a gal are standing together, they have to form the number 10 – one skinny, one round! Crazy!

I have always had a love/hate relationship with air travel.  On the one hand, I like to be in control, and being a passenger on an airplane I just don’t have that kind of control that I like to have!  So I rather feel helpless, and that is a feeling I really don’t like very much!

On the other hand, sometimes being able to get fast direct flights to my destination is very important when time is of the essence.  And with the price of gasoline and tolls constantly increasing, sometimes getting cheap flights (when possible) actually saves me time AND money, too!

With so many airlines out “there” competing for our business, sometimes it is possible to get good international flights from a variety of airlines, such as qantas, jetstar, singapore airlines and united airlines. It’s really important to shop around for the best international airfares.  For our friends in Australia, the travel.com.au website is a great place to go for that comparison shopping!